Vp sets record straight and clarity's that the 2nd Niger Bridge cost N2bn and not $2bn

Yemi Osinbajo, SAN, had reiterated the Buhari administration’s commitment to keeping its promises to the Nigerian people.

One of these promises is the construction of the second Niger Bridge. 

In the official press release from the Vice President’s remarks during the campaign rally in Onitsha ,  quoteing  the VP he said that “the Sovereign Wealth Fund paid N2 billion for that same project (Sum paid to the contractor: Julius Berger for early works). We will definitely see our second Niger Bridge, we will not make promises we cannot keep”.

However, a short video clip from an event captured on the news segment of a television channel quoted Prof. Osinbajo as mentioning “$2bn”, and not “N2bn”, which was what he had actually meant to say. Mentioning the dollar currency was inadvertent.

As it happened, the excerpt from the video, which was shared online, was what was quoted in the headlines of some media houses, and in comments on social media.